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Clearly, Luke 8:12, which is the context of Luke 8:13, tells us that if we believe we will be saved. And, in Luke 8:13, we find people who "believe for a while and then fall away".

I have been praying that the Lord would send more labourers into His harvest field. Thank you, @ByGraceThroughFaith, for sticking up for the truth!

I know you are probably thinking of a scripture...but I think that you have half-quoted it. Would you care to give the reference to the scripture in question so that we can examine it for ourselves? Is it Romans 8:38-39? Rom 8:38, For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels...

It is Him keeping, and it is us doing (Philippians 2:13). He works in us both to will and to do according to His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). So it is God doing the saving. Of course we are to cooperate; with the obedience of faith (Romans 16:26). Job 9:21, Though I were perfect, yet...

Colossians 1:21-23.

If you have a nominal, lukewarm, or shallow faith (or, mere mental assent to the tenets of the gospel), your life might not be defined as "everlasting". While your faith did save you (Ephesians 2:8-9) from sin (Matthew 1:21, Titus 2:14), from eternity's perspective it did not save you from...

So, how then is it that you call my gospel false and perverted? Does the Holy Spirit call His own words false and perverted? Are you trying to say by this that you do not believe that the Lord answers either one of our prayers? Or, that He only answers yours? If you think that He only...

There is no BUT in my understanding that Jesus saves. I simply complete the sentence...and say that Jesus saves us from sin (Matthew 1:21, Titus 2:14-15)...not just its penalty but its power. As for your contention about the hymns... I believe that I have answered your contention in post #3...

Perfection (Hebrews 10:14 (kjv))....not "sinless" perfection (1 John 1:8).

1Jo 5:18, We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. Are you saying that the apostle John didn't understand justification?

We persevere because He works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). That is a good question that I will not answer at this time. I think that a case can be made for both sides of the issue. However, as @Ferris Bueller teaches, it is irrelevant what is the...

See 1 John 5:18. Nope. I can honestly say that I am not a wicked man; and therefore God is in all of my thoughts (Psalms 10:4). Also, thank you for the compliment of calling me blind. Job 9:21, Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. Isa 42:19, Who is...

I agree in part...it is definitely love that is the remedy for sin. However, hell-fire and damnation Sermons have their place in the realm of sound preaching and are not to be squelched. As a matter of fact, I believe it is those who are convicted of judgment by those types of Sermons that are...

Psa 10:4, The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. Psa 10:5, His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. Psa 10:6, He hath said in his heart, I shall not...

Then there is initial faith; by which we gain access to this grace wherein we stand (Romans 5:1-2).

That I pass out "ammunition" should be evident in that I almost always provide the references that substantiate the statements that are made by me... So that the reader can then use those same references in response to similar arguments when they come across them in other places. Therefore the...

God is not limited by His word (in this instance I mean the Bible) when it comes to things that He may want to speak prophetically. In the form of a prophecy, He spoke it over me by His Spirit that my position in the body would be like that of a staff sergeant...who hands out ammunition and...

So you agree with me that a person who does not continue in His goodness either loses his salvation or else was never saved in the first place. Because if you are cut off from the means of salvation, how are you saved? It means to be made holy; and we are not to divorce that meaning from the...

They were not a false prophet... However, it is clear that you, being against me and what I preach, believe otherwise. No matter. There are those who understand that the Spirit moves in certain congregations and the gift of prophecy can indeed operate while the Holy Spirit is present. Now...

It definitely has meaning to those who are not saved. It means to them that if they went forward at a church service or Crusade, that now they can live like hell and they will still go to heaven when they die. So, what is your alternate interpretation? What does it mean to be "cut off"? It...